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Hey, we’re baaaaaaAAAAck!! Three of us are anyways. It’s a very special edition of The Fatal 4-Way. We’ve all been crazy busy since our “retirement” from the blog world, but we all have said that we can come back for very special editions. So never count us out. We’re back in after the count of 8 (months, that is). So The Game, Greg and I are here for a rare blog. We just got the urge and decided to write. Because it was such a last minute decision, Sarge is unable to join us this time. Maybe next time we’ll have this better planned out. When the urge strikes, the urge strikes, right?

Roll the footage monkies………..

Hey everyone, welcome back to the Triple Threat! Aka The Fatal 4-Way – 1 lol You thought you got rid of us but no just when you thought wrestling couldn’t get anymore crazy the Fatal 4-Way decides to do a family reunion! Woot! Okay in all seriousness I’m happy to be back to do this one time reunion for you all! Thanks to Diva for suggesting to do this today! So lets skip about what’s going in my life right now(it’s cool, still have that great job and I’m happy!) and get into the real thing you want to know…wrestling!

Where should I begin…how about WrestleMania 33. Yes folks it happened. The Undertaker lost to Roman Reigns and has retired. He went out old school style and did the right thing(?) and he put over Roman Reigns. I know a lot of you are pretty upset that this happened. I know I was too(I pretty much turned off the TV when Reigns won but I was sooo tired and had to be up at 6:00am the next day) the PPV was way too long for me. I watched it from 7pm till just after Midnight! Man that was a long night! But back to Roman winning the match. You guys have to remember The Undertaker is old school so he was doing what he thought was the right thing and putting over the next big thing. Unfortunately not a lot of people really like him and yeah I don’t think they will ever like him now because of what happened. Back to The Undertaker he will be one of the greatest Attractions that WWE has ever had. There will be no other guy like The Undertaker. He is in his own category and that should be fine! I wish him the best and I’m going to miss him in the ring but it is his time now to enjoy the roses and be with his family. I hope they put him in WWE HOF next year because he deserves it so much!

Another big things happened at WM 33 and that was the return of The Hardy Boyz to WWE. I knew it was going to happen except I didn’t know when it was going to happen! If you have been following the TNA-Hardy Boyz fallout then you knew it was just a matter of time before they were going to show up in WWE. AS you know Matt Hardy has created this great Broken Matt gimmick back in TNA last year. It went over so well that it was probably the only thing good on TNA at the time. Then he got his Brother Nero to join in and it become one of the most talk about storylines in suck a long time! It was wild, crazy and pretty damn funny at times! I watched it and fell in love with it! I showed it to my friend Matt and he just couldn’t believe how campy it was and how great it was too! We both enjoyed it a lot. Then TNA lost Dixie Carter and TNA was sold to a new company. Now they are called Impact Wrestling. But then they did the unbelievable thing…they let The Hardy’s go. What a stupid move on their part. So The Hardy Boyz showed up in Ring of Honor as Broken Matt and Brother Nero. It was over and Impact Wrestling sent them a warning saying they couldn’t use the Broken Matt and Brother Nero gimmick because it didn’t belong to them. So now The Hardy Boyz had to drop that gimmick for now until they have the rights for it. Anyway they showed up in WWE at WM 33 as the other tag team for the Ladder Match. They ended up winning the RAW tag team championship. It was a cool surprise to see them back on WWE TV. It was such a great moment.

Another match that happened at WM 33 was Triple H vs Seth Rollins. That match was all right. I got kinda bored(by this time it was almost 10:30pm and I wasn’t really feeling that well that night to begin with). I thought the match went on and on. The cool spot of the night was when Stephanie went through the table after Triple H ran into her. That was pretty cool. Then Seth got the win after that. I like Rollins. I think he is a great worker and the better guy from The Shield. I have always been a Rollins fan. So I’m curious as to what they are going to do with him now. I’m hoping he will get a title run again. He deserves it for sure!

One match that I thought was horrible was The Miz & Mayrse vs John Cena & Nikki Bella. My goodness that was 25 mins of crap that I won’t get back. Cena and Bella won. Then Cena propose to Bella. They will probably have a SummerSlam wedding. Yay just what we really need again…another wrestling wedding. Blah blah blah.

I’m so happy that Bayley is still your Women’s Champion! She beat Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax in a fatal 4-way match! It was a great match and it should have been a little bit longer. They all worked really hard and it was probably one of my favourite match from the night!

Then we had Brock Lesnar take on Goldberg aka Grandpa for the Universal Championship. Don’t get me started with why this match was for the championship. It shouldn’t have been. Anyway Lesnar finally beat him and become the Universal Champion. Now Finn Balor needs to get his championship back from Lesnar! I hope that happens real soon!

Kurt Angle, DDP, Ravings Rick Rude and others were inducted into this years WWE HOF. All of them were well deserved. Kurt Angle was also hired as the new WWE GM for RAW. That should be pretty fun! I wonder what Angle is going to do to tick off Stephanie?! Lol It should be exciting times!

RAW & Smackdown are having Roster trade this week. It should shake things up for them. I hope they don’t load up RAW because Smackdown is the better Brand right now and they seem to do things more interesting than what happens on RAW.

Okay I’m finished for now. I hope you guys enjoyed my blog. I had a great time doing it. Who knows never say never in wrestling there might come a time when you least expect it and bam! Just like that out comes another edition of the Fatal 4-Way! Have a nice day!

The mood struck me randomly Monday night to write a blog about wrestling. I’ve had so many thoughts and ideas rolling around my head lately that I decided, why not? Well I couldn’t do it without at least inviting my partners along for a road trip. So three of us have come together to bring you this special edition. I have a lot to say about what’s gone done (not who) in the world of pro-wrestling. So, I’ll shut it, and get to bidness (man, I miss saying that).

I pre-wrote out everything that I thought I wanted to say, but fuck it. I’m going to go by the seat of my pants. I will not comment on The Undertaker, because I do plan on writing a separate blog on just him and his amazing career in the future. I just want it to be perfect. I went ahead and I made bullet points to work off of. I alway pre-write my blogs by hand and then put them to the computer and go from there. So tonight, I’m going at this a completely different way.

Lately, I’ve become obsessed with podcasts. It gets me through the last leg of my night shift when I need to put my laptop away. It all started with Lilian Garcia’s new podcasts which can be seen on the Youtube, “Making Their Way To The Ring”. The first one I watched was the two-part Trish Stratus (surprise-surprise, right?), and then Mick Foley’s. I highly reccommend those pods, but must check out is AJ Styles, Mickie James, Amy “Lita” Dumas, and Sasha Banks. I got into Talk is Jericho with Chris Jericho as well. The editions with Big Cass, Becky Lynch, and Edge and Christian were great. On the heels of that, Edge and Christian have a new podcast, and they’re just three episodes (soon to be four), into it. Eand C’s Pod of Awesomeness. Their hilarious, and fun. I enjoyed their first podcast with Goldberg, but it was their second and third one with Shane McMahon and Edge’s wife, Beth Phoenix had me in stitches. So totally worth checking those out. So yes, I’m obsessed with these podcasts. So check them out!!! Do it now, or you’ll make my list!

I was probably one of the few people blindsided by the Hardy’s return at WrestleMania. I’ll admit it, I didn’t put the pieces together even though I had the pieces. I knew they were in Orlando for Ring Of Honour and WrestleCon, and I knew they dropped the ROH tag titles to the Young Bucks, I knew they only had a month long contract with ROH. When the New Day came out to say that the triple threat ladder match, has been made into a fatal fourway match. There I am thinking, “fuck! The New Day are weeding their way into the match,” and then….I lost my shit! Part of my emotion was that I didn’t see it coming despite seeing all the writing on the wall. So yeah, I lost my shit. I think it’s great to have them back in the WWE, and I can’t wait to see whether or not they can bring in the Broken Matt Hardy gimmick. That’s a whole story of the executives at TNA Impact wrestling holding the gimmick hostage. They see it as money, and they’re not happy that the Hardy’s didn’t resign and that would mean loss of money. So now they are holding the Hardy’s up for royalties made in other companies and shows. Matt Hardy’s wife, Reby, had the forethought to go and get their gimmick and the theme music trademarked, and now they’re all in a court battle. I’m guessing it’s only time when the WWE will step in to get that control away from the fledging company. They’ve never stopped AJ Styles from leaving with his Phenomanal gimmick. There are a few instances where other superstars left TNA and went to other companies, and took their gimmicks with them without issues. So I’m hoping everything will get straightened out. It’s too great of a gimmick to just let it go.

At the WWE Hall of Fame I think everyone expected Kurt Angle’s speech to be the speech of the night, but that goes to Beth Phoenix. Her speech was so amazing, and so heartfelt, and honest. The revelation about Molly Holly paying for her wrestling school tuition, was so emotional because it showed that there are great people out there who want to help others follow their dreams. It made me think that Molly Holly could be on her way to the Hall of Fame next year, and she should be. I think that her career and her heart and her kindness shouldn’t be overlooked. Beth’s speech was fun and emotional and I just thought that she nailed it. I only ever watch a few speeches at the HOF, but I think I watched quite a few this year. I watched Diamond Dallas Paige’s, “Ravishing” Rick Rude’s family’s speech, Beth’s, and Kurt’s. All of their speeches were amazing. Congratualations to the 2017 Hall of Fame class.

We’ve seen the reassurgence of Jinder Mahal after two years away from the WWE. To be honest, I didn’t even notice he was gone. I did notice that when he returned that he was significantly larger. I’m not an idiot, I’m not blind. He was larger, vein-ier, all that back acne, hmmmm….STEROIDS!!!!!

The dude is jacked!! Mahal apparently addressed the steroid rumours, and claims that he has never done steroids and has never failed any drug tests. Haven’t we heard that before, from other superstars? Hulk Hogan comes to mind, and he even had to take the stand in a federal trial back in the early 90’s against the WWF and Vince McMahon, where he admitted to taking steroids. So Mahal’s claim is futile. I don’t believe him, and I’m guessing not many other people do as well. Maybe the WWE hasn’t tested him exactly for the steroid cocktail. They clearly leave certain superstars alone from testing. John Cena, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Mahal, all clearly have never been tested and if they have, they’ve been overlooked. Not sure why Mahal hasn’t been tested properly, as he’s far from being on par with the aforementioned names in just that short list. I don’t care what Jinder Mahal claims, the guy is fucking juicing.

What can I say about the recent storyline between Maryse, The Miz, Cena and Nikki Bella? Well, I can say that The Miz and Maryse have kicked serious ass and making it actually enjoyable. The two of them have made Cena fun again. Their portrayl and mocking of the plastic relationship couple has been, in my opinion, accurate portrayal of how robotic and boring Cena truly is as a person. I know what y’all are thinking, Total Diva’s/Bella’s is scripted, and although yes it is, I doubt that the WWE would allow their top guy to actually be like this and showing what he’s really like in his everyday life. Cena comes off as a pompous, control freak, and uncaring asshole. The portrayal of Cena and Bella sparked the predictable path that would lead to their WrestleMania 33 mixed-tag team match. Maryse and The Miz would portray that dry and boring couple that is Cena and Nikki, while adding their comedic side to the two and sometimes four roles, as even Brie and Daniel Bryan were portrayed at one point. I have no problem with Brie and Daniel Bryan, but I have zero respect for Nikki Bella who would give up her dreams for a man who isn’t willing to give those dreams to a woman he proclaims to love.

What bothered me about the match was, The Miz and Maryse needed the win more than Cena and Bella did. If it was just a catalyst to lead to Cena’s proposing to Nikki, then it still wasn’t necessary to have them go over. Macho Man and Elizabeth reunited at WrestleMania 7 in 1991, despite Macho Man’s loss to the Ultimate Warrior, and it did not take away from the emotional reunion. So even if Cena and Nikki were to have lost, they could have still had their moment, which if you asked me was as phony as they are as people. Within a few days after Cena “proposing” to Nikki, the twin was on mulitple morning shows talking about all the wedding planning they have already taken steps towards. If they just got engaged on Sunday, and then a day or two later, were already talking about their cake tasting, then clearly they were engaged already. I’m not doubting their engagement, I am doubting whether or not it is genuine or a business arrangement. Afterall money does talk to Nikki Bella. So moving on, because frankly Cena and Nikki make me want to fucking throw-up.

So lets talk about the draft and the shake up that has taken place. Last year we saw some strong moves in the draft which separated the two shows, RAW and SmackDown. The draft that took place last year wasn’t the first time the WWE has done a draft and separated the two shows and wrestlers, however, I don’t think it was really done right. One show was always more stacked then the other, which made the second show the weaker show. This time, they seemed to have made moves that were more evened out and allowed superstars to have more opportunities than what they wouldn’t have necessairly have if there was no draft. Makes me wonder where would Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes be if they had just stayed on for an additional year. In the last year, we saw Naomi capture her first Women’s Championship which was long overdue, and the same with Bray Wyatt. He was crowned WWE World Champion and was part of main eventing WrestleMania 33. But alas, that was last year, and we are here in the now. So the “Shake-Up” took place over the past two days on both RAW and SmackDown, and we saw some decent moves with the following;

To SmackDown from RAW: Kevin Owens, Charlotte, Sami Zayn and New Day. Also to SmackDown from RAW less significant moves of; Rusev, Lana, Epico, Primo, Sin Cara and the return of Tamina Snuka who was not drafted last year as she was out due to injury. Announcer Byron Saxton.

Why do I feel that some moves are insignifant? Well lets face it, -Curt Hawkins even coming back was a condundrum in my opinion. He never did anything worthy talking about during his first run and he isn’t doing anything worth talking about now. A complete waste. -Goldust & R-Truth haven’t been relavent in quite sometime. -Heath Slater & Rhyno has fleeting moments of moderate success with short-term gimmicks. Sadly has dragged Rhyno down with him. -Kalisto would have had a decent run if they hadn’t moved Sin Cara over to SmackDown. This does allow him to join the 205 crew, but other than that, Kalisto will no longer be fed to Baron Corbin but insteasd will be a snack for Braun Strowman instead. MMM tastes like a burrito. -David Otunga moving is horrible. If they were going to move him at all, it should have been out the door. He’s not a good commentator, or wrestler. I don’t see him doing well on the RAW commentating team, if anything, his presence with that team is likely going to make Corey Graves stock plummit. Graves has done an amazing job commentating and I can see his career being long term as he always improves.

To SmackDown from RAW acquistions seem a little stronger than some of the crap that moved to RAW. -Rusev and Lana look to be split up, albeit on the same roster. A vignette aired showing Lana separetly from her real-life husband Rusev. Although might be good for her to start getting in-ring work and experience, it’s going to drag Rusev’s stock way down as he is basically nothing without her. He hasn’t had anything really significant in the last few months and nobody seems to care about him as much. -The Shining Stars Epico & Primo. The end. No one cares. -Sin Cara being moved away from the cruiserweight division and the potential reuniting with former tag partner, Kalisto, is a waste of a move. He is much more valuable with Kalisto and/or with the 205 crew. Now he’ll replace Kalisto as Baron Corbin’s meal. -Byron Saxton, I find is also a waste as he had better chemistry with Michael Cole and Graves over on RAW. I wonder how long he’ll last under JBL’s eye and mouth. Seeing as the strength of the team, Mauro, has left the WWE because of JBL’s constant bullying. Whose to say that the same won’t happen to Saxton? He’s not a bad commentator, and is stronger in the booth that Tom Phillips who seems to have taken Mauro’s place.

As for all the big moves that have taken place, it’ll make for interesting television and matches. Lets keep an eye on these moves and maybe next year come back and see how well this round of drafts or shake-ups did.

I don’t really want to drag on and on. I feel I already have. But I’ll take a brief time to catch up with what’s going on in my life. Back in October, I took my daughter, River who was 20 months old at the time to Hamilton Comicon where she and I had our picture taken with WWE Hall of Famer, Mick Foley. She’s met her first wrestler. Lol!! The fight to end whale and dolphin in captivity continues. It’s an uphill battles with a few wins for these amazing animals. Just two weeks ago, my paternal grandmother passed away after a long drawn out struggle with multiple strokes and other issues. After watching her struggle and suffer with breathing and not truly living for a few days, when she finally passed it became a relief. I will miss her. I’ve lost two grandparents in a span of 11 months. It’s been a rough year. My daughter turned 2 years old in February, and is funny, smart, stubborn, active, and beautiful. She loves her superheroes, and her Octonauts, and her Wiggles. We took her to see The Wiggles at Hamilton Place in October and she was so shocked and in constant awe at seeing them in real life. Also, Lachy, the purple wiggle waved to her. Totally made her day. Lol!! She’s growing so fast. I sometimes wish I could stop time and just stare at her and keep her as she is now.

That’s it for me. Until next time…Whenever that will be. Keep your skirts classy and your pants above your ass. Because in life, there are winners and there are losers…Be sexy!

You can reach me on twitter and Instagram both are @OrcaDiva80

That’s it for this time. Not sure when we’ll return, but you never know when we might pop up next. Cheers peeps, and take it e to the zeeeeee.

Clearly, we are still working out the kinks of the addition of a new person. OK, I have pregnancy brain and totally forgot about getting the banner re-done. I promise you by December, there will hopefully be a new banner. Speaking of December, we throw away convention of our usual blogs, and do our Year End Best & Worst for 2014, plus our TLC ppv Predictions. December is one of my favourite times of the year. It’s a list, and I love organizing.

Lets knock this months out of the ball park first before jumping the gun to December. I’m sure none of us are excited to see December.

***the views and opinions expressed in “Boot Camp” are strictly my own and do not in any way reflect those of WWE, TNA, the whiny fanboys of the IWC, or any other group that I might inadvertently piss off! But….If you’re gonna get all emo over it, then run home to your mommy, curl up in the fetal position and cry salty tears into your fucking Ovaltine!!***

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BOOT CAMP

Salutations, Survivors!

Yep, this Sunday, it’s WWE Survivor Series. It’s a PPV weekend, so you know what that means. It’s also time for the Fatal 4-Way…..and Sarge’s Boot Camp!

Now, before I begin, I want to take a minute to explain the significance of this particular edition of our little “pet project”. The November edition marks this blog’s 8th year in existence! Hard to believe it….we’ve been doing this thing now for eight friggin’ years. When we started this, we had no idea it would still be going strong for this length of time. However, here we are. Team members have come and gone…and come back again! Guest writers have joined on full-time. Some wrote once and were never heard from again. Some of us die-hards have been here in the trenches since day one, and it just keeps getting better. We do this because we love it, and we love all of you for reading and providing your feedback. Well, almost. I have a line in the bottom of my Boot Camp articles that openly encourages everyone who reads my portion of this blog to contact me and let me know what you think. Good or bad, feedback is what it is, and I welcome it all. I welcome it, but to this day…..it has not come. Not one e-mail. Not one post on Facebook. Not one Tweet. NOTHING! I know it’s not because you’re afraid to have your opinions be heard. My troops are a fearless bunch, and should feel as free to speak their minds as I do!

It’s okay. Just sayin’….

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What’s NOT okay? Oh, there’s plenty to talk about. For starters, let’s talk about the new video game, WWE2K15. What was 2K thinking when they made this game? First of all, the PS3/Xbox 360 versions are completely different from the “current gen” ones on PS4/Xbox One. The last-gen versions are pretty much the same as last year’s game, only with an updated roster and a new game mode based on NXT. They took out the option to use custom entrance music and/or videos for your created superstars and Divas. Hell, on the current gen game, you can’t even make a female character. Of all the things to remove from the game? Really? This only scratches the surface of the woes that gamers are experiencing with this title, and I honestly don’t have the time to roll out the laundry list of other complaints I have heard since the game was released. It’s sad, really. Even under a new developer, there’s no excuse for them to make a game this sorely lacking in comparison to its predecessor, whether on last-gen consoles or current gen. This game franchise has become a staple in my life, and I get each new installment as my default birthday present every year. I have to say, I am not entirely pleased with 2K15’s offerings. I have been left to make due with what I have to work with on many aspects of this game. It is a livable condition, but it leaves me only 80% happy overall. So many shortfalls in a series that normally expands (however slightly) on the previous year’s game.

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Sure, there is a lot that leaves me shaking my head about WWE2K15, but something that never fails to baffle and confound me to no end is WWE’s idea of guest hosts. When “wrestling” became “entertainment”, it completely fell off track, and we get to sit through a seemingly endless parade of “celebri-turds” and people (and things) that somebody somewhere thinks a handful of us actually give two shits about! If you think the Muppets were bad, you would be right….but there have been worse, and I have a bed feeling we have not yet seen the end. Most of the time, I am simply left wondering who thought this was a god idea? Why did they choose that person? NeNe Leakes? Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford? These are three people who have NO business in a WWE ring, a WWE locker room, or withing 50 miles of an arena in any city where a WWE live televised event is taking place….and they certainly have no business being on my damn TV screen! I don’t watch their shows. My wife watches almost all the freakin’ “Real Housewives” shows, but she does NOT watch the one NeNe is/was on. I swear it’s like the only one she actually doesn’t show interest in. Can’t blame her, really. Neither do I, and that goes double for when they put NeNe on RAW, and thought I would sit here and put up with it. When she was on screen, I used that as my opportunity to take a nice, long “mini-vaca” on the shitter. Either way, I would be struggling with crap. I just chose the more enjoyable and productive option. The only thing more relieving than a good bowel movement was coming back into the living room and seeing that NeNe was no longer stinking up my WWE programming. I can’t say the same for my poor bathroom, however.

I usually feel sorry for a lot of us who have to suffer through these horrible guest host segments, but last week during RAW, my heart went out to the sad little feline known as Grumpy Cat. This cat is a huge Internet sensation, and it doesn’t take much to gather a small list of important facts about her. I knew the night was not going to go well even before GC appeared on screen as Michael Cole did the disservice of completely fucking up the entire introduction. He called the cat a “he” when it is actually a “she”, and called her “Grumpy the Cat”. Really, dude? It takes 5 minutes on Google or Wikipedia to get your shit straight, and you can’t even bother with that. Once we finally saw Grumpy Cat, it only got worse. They saddled her with having to sit there and listen to The Miz babble about how great he is, and other insufferable crap. I can only imagine how epic Grumpy Cat’s inner monologue had to be all through that episode. As Garfield constantly ponders the miracle of lasagna, and expresses his consuming dislike of Mondays….I assume Grumpy Cat was praying for the sweet release of the vet’s mechanizing needle rather than have to live through another soul-sucking minute of what WWE was putting her through.

As was I. But, rather than being “put to sleep”, I just turned the TV off and went to bed.

(Let it be known that I am not advocating cruelty to animals. Technically, the animal was wishing harm on itself.)

This all could have been stopped if PETA had intervened in time. Given the travesties WWE has perpetrated recently against bulls, gators and bunnies….this cruel and unusual treatment of a national treasure like Grumpy Cat was hard to watch, but one can only assume how painful it was for the poor kitty to live through it.

The cruel and unusual treatment of their fans is just how WWE lets us know they care, and they know exactly what we want to see!

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In reverse animal cruelty news…..what the fuck is going on with Adam Rose and the Bunny? Used to be Rose and the Bunny would be in a match, Rose would lose and then proceed to go all “opera singing Elmer Fudd” on his ass. Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit, KILL DA WABBIT!!!! However, the tables were turned last week as Rose went to once more lay a beatdown on the long-eared galoot, but the Bunny swung around behind him and, well…..attempted to deposit his “bunny maker” right up Adam’s “Exotic Express”.

And a million Cena fans went blind that night. Okay, just kidding. I am guessing this will lead to a match between the two at some point, but the prospect of seeing the Bunny try to anally violate Adam Rose again makes me want to completely miss anything and everything having to do with them.

I saw The Boogeyman post a few pics on Twitter recently teasing at something going on in WWE Headquarters. Not sure if it was a way of revealing a possible return, but since he didn’t show up on the Halloween episode of SmackDown (which would have made the most sense), my idea would be this. Have Adam Rose fight The Bunny in a match, and at some point, Rose hits the Bunny’s costume head and it flies off….to reveal that The Boogeyman is who is inside the suit! #BoogeyBunny would soon trend worldwide!

But, that’s how things work in my twisted imagination.

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And, with that said, it’s about time I hit the bricks. Enough trouble has been caused for another month! Move along, kids. Nothing else to see here. Not until next time Boot Camp is in session, anyway.

Until then, troops…..YOU’RE DISMISSED!!

Had enough yet? You got something to say to me? E-mail me at darkside619@hotmail.comand get it off your flabby little chest! Your feedback is both welcomed and encouraged, and your responses will be highlighted in my next Boot Camp article. Your orders are clear, troops……it’s time to stand up and sound off!! I’ll make you famous! >:)

Until next time, this is The Sarge…..reminding you: If someone notices you with an open zipper, answer proudly: professional habit.

Hey everyone, how are you doing this month? I can’t believe we are already at another WWE PPV. Man time flies when you’re having fun! I have been trying to keep busy with things. For those of you who don’t know I have been recently laid off due to lack of work available. So I have been trying to find work to keep busy. Anyway let’s get on with this wrestling blog shall we?!

This past Monday’s RAW was all right. Grumpy Cat was the special Guest Host for it. For those of you who don’t know who she is, she is this cat that always looks grumpy! She has become an Internet sensation. She has a Christmas movie coming out on Nov 29th. It is going to be on Lifetime network for those of you who want to watch it. I don’t get Lifetime so I won’t be able to watch until it comes out on DVD.

Back to RAW The Miz and Mizdow were really the only ones who interacted with Grumpy Cat. It was pretty corny but I was expecting it, so it didn’t really bother me! There was a new IC Champion that was crowned. Luke Harper ended up winning it. He defeated Dolph Ziggler. I wasn’t expecting Luke to win but it was a nice change. I do however do like Ziggler. It didn’t really hurt him. I’m sure he will get another title shot sometime down the line. Of course the big thing on RAW was whether or not Cena would be able to get enough guys to be on his team for Survivor Series. He did manage to get Ryback, Big Show, Ziggler, and Erick Rowan to be on his team. Sheamus was supposed to be on it but he got taken out by Mark Henry. They will be taking on Team Authority. On TA is Seth Rollins, Kane, Rusev, Mark Henry and Luke Harper. Now if Team Authority ends up losing it means Authority will lose their authority. But if Team Cena loses everyone on that team will be fired. I think Team Cena will win. I have a feeling WWE wants to change things up and maybe go back to a GM for RAW and SmackDown That’s just my opinion. What do you guys think?

One thing that bugs me is how WWE thinks they can bring back Ryback and expect us to believe he is all that. They pretty much buried him for most of this year and last year. He was teaming up with Curtis Axel. They didn’t really do anything with them. So I don’t know. I also think Ryback is an asshole on top of it. I know he doesn’t care about the fans(cause even when he was a face before he turned heel he didn’t really show he liked the fans). Even now I think he is phony. I have a good eye for things like that. I know Vince likes his “Big Guys” but I think he is wasting his time with Ryback. He will never give back to WWE like other wrestlers they have.

Randy Orton is MIA right now but he will be back soon. As we saw a few weeks ago The Authority took him out but this is storyline related. He is now filming a new film. It will be coming out next year. I’m not sure if I will see it. I guess if Diva decides to buy it I might borrow it from her? LOL Who knows. But when Orton does make his return to WWE I expect him to get his revenge on Seth Rollins. Those two guys will put on some great matches! I just hope Orton doesn’t turn into a boring babyface like he seems to do. I would like to see him be a normal guy who just likes to kick ass!

Speaking about kicking ass Dean Ambrose has been on a roll. Everything that he has been involved with has been really good! Right now he is feuding with Bray Wyatt(another favourite of mine). These guys are going to have a match on Survivor Series and it could be the match of the night. I hope these two steal the show. I picked Wyatt to go over but I wouldn’t mind seeing Ambrose win too. Either one is good for me.

WWE has released a new blu ray about Randy “Macho Man” Savage. It is about time they did do that! I really hope this will lead to Macho Man being inducted into the WWE HOF next year! I really would love to see that(along with other wrestling fans). It is his turn. Come on WWE please put Savage into the HOF.

TNA will be leaving SpikeTV at the end of the year. They will be moving to Destination America channel in the new year. Impact will remain a two hour show plus they will have other shows on the channel. I hope this works out for TNA. But they have a long way to go to get back the fans. At least they have a few good workers on their roster. Kurt Angle decided to stay with TNA and not go to WWE. Also they have Jeff Hardy and many other guys too. I probably won’t watch their shows at the start(we don’t get Destination America in Canada) but I won’t be downloading them either. I may if they get better but for now I’m just sticking with WWE.

Daniel Bryan wants to return to WWE by the Royal Rumble. I hope he does but it does seem this rehab isn’t really helping his hand. He still doesn’t have feeling in it and he could need surgery. If that happens who know how long he will be out. I really wish him the best! I miss seeing him in the ring. He was doing so well then this happened.

I’m going to do something now. WM 31 is in a few months so I’m going to predict what the card will look like. The main event for WM 31 will be Daniel Bryan VS John Cena for WWE World Championship, Triple H VS Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker VS Sting, Brock Lesnar VS Rusev, Randy Orton VS Bray Wyatt, Chris Jericho VS Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns VS Bad News Barrett for the IC Championship, Paige & AJ VS Natalya & Trish Stratus and Christian VS Sheamus. So what do you guys think? Do you think it will be a good card or not?

Anyway that’s it for me this month! I hope you guys enjoy the Survivor Series PPV this Sunday if you do end up watching it! You can check out the rest of my predictions along with everyone else at the end of this blog! Have a Nice Day! 🙂

Disclaimer:“What you are about to read is a completely “In-Character” expression of my thoughts pertaining to the wrestling industry. Do not take what I say personally or to heart. Have fun, enjoy the material and let’s all take a ride on this crazy train together!”

Sup jerks! We have a couple things to talk about this month so let’s not waste any time and get right into it, shall we?!

Are we standing on the edge of a revolution in pro wrestling?

This past October, wrestling fans across the globe were introduced to a new breed of professional wrestling that is drastically different from the era of “Sports Entertainment” (*cough* WWE *cough*) that most casuals are accustomed to. The art of Lucha Libre style wrestling is not unfamiliar territory for wrestling fans. Well known established names such as Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero (with Eddie’s nephew, Chavo being a huge part of Lucha Underground) became household names based on this style of wrestling competing in ECW, WCW and WWE.

To the people who never watched Lucha Underground: What makes this company stand out?

· Style! As you can obviously tell by the name, automatically you’re going to be seeing a different style of wrestling than before. If your cup of tea is high flying, fast paced and breathtaking action? Lucha Underground is right down your alley!

· Presentation! One of the first things you’re immediately going to notice is how this show is presented to the viewing audience. Forget the standard angry, overly exaggerated wrestling promo’s you have come to expect. Instead, we are presented with a dark, resolute and somewhat cheesy vignette style of storytelling. Everything has a movie style feel to it and it’s refreshing to see in between matches. In my personal opinion, this brings a better sense of realism to the product that you don’t see anywhere else.

· Wrestlers! What would Lucha Underground be without its talent, right? You get a wide variety of wrestlers that most likely you have never heard before sprinkled in with some former WWE and TNA castoffs. Wrestlers such as Johnny Mundo (WWE’s John Morrison), Big Ryck (WWE’s Ezekiel Jackson), Chavo Guerrero Jr, Prince Puma (former part time TNA X-Division star), Shawn Hernandez (yet to debut, former TNA star), to name a few. In addition, there’s wrestlers like Sexy Star, Drago, Fenix, Catrina (WWE’s Maxine), Ivelisse and many others.

The arena has a down and dirty “Fight Club” like appeal to it in my opinion. Former AAA and WCW star Vampiro, along with former WWE announcer Matt Striker provide the commentary with a realistic approach rather than advertising products and treating the audience like dumb sheep.

I could continue on and praise this new organization, but I feel it’s best for wrestling fans to go and check it out for you. Speaking as a die-hard wrestling fan, I’m always looking for alternatives to mainstream professional wrestling. Lucha Underground, in my humble opinion, is one of the better alternatives I have seen in recent years. I sincerely hope you will tune in and check these guys out. Lucha Underground airs on Wednesday night at 8pm (Eastern Time) on the El Ray Network. If you’re unable to watch it on television, check it out online somewhere. I promise you will not be disappointed.

GFW and NJPW team up for a very special Pay-Per-View extravaganza! Are you ready to #JoinTheForce?

In April of this year, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett announced that he was going to start a new promotion called Global Force Wrestling (GFW). As time went on, Jarrett started to pick up momentum for his growing company. He aligned himself with some of the best international wrestling promotions from around the globe (no pun intended). AAA from Mexico. New Generation Wrestling from New England. WrestleClash from Australia, just to name a few. One of the biggest partners GFW gained was New Japan Pro Wrestling. A promotion rich with wrestling history, with many big names making a splash in the United States like Big Van Vader, Keiji Muto/The Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Ultimo Dragon, and so many others along the way made an impact in our sport. Therefore, it was only fitting that GFW’s first major event would come with their biggest asset – NJPW!

“Wrestle Kingdom 9”, one of NJPW’s biggest events is set to take place on January 4, 2015. Due to their new relationship with GFW, a deal was made to co-promote the event here in the United States live on Pay-Per-View. Recently, a major announcement was made on behalf of GFW that legendary ring announcer and WWE Hall of Famer; Jim Ross would be the play by play announcer for one night only. Joining him will be former TNA color commentator and TNA Shop pioneer, Don West will join Ross on commentary.

Here is the scheduled card for the event. The card features mostly talent from NJPW, with others sprinkled in from ROH and other Indy promotions:

Singles match; the winner can only be declared by submission or knockout

While nothing has officially been announced by GFW on a television deal or what they plan to do for a roster, look for Global Force Wrestling to become the talk of the wrestling world for 2015!

Wrestling garbage that makes you face palm because the fail is too hard to put into words.

There weren’t too many things to talk this month, so I came up with an idea for a segment. When I used to run a Facebook wrestling community group, one of the things that caught on was my *face palm* picture. I would post this in favor of lashing out and talking about how stupid a particular wrestling character/match/angle was. Therefore, I decided to carry this one here at the Fatal 4-Way. Each month, I’m going to pick a random number of things that made me (and most of you wrestling fans) face palm in complete disgust.

· “The Bunny Hump” – Okay, we all know how much I can’t stand that f***ing bunny. I probably hate the character as much as JBL. Nevertheless, wrestling fans were subjected to his funny, but also uncomfortable scene on RAW.

If The Bunny is really Darren Young this is going to cause a LOT of controversy within’ the LGBT community.

· “Cesaro gets snubbed” – In a controversial move from RAW this past Monday night. Cesaro comes down to the ring and sides with The Authority during the final showdown. When the show closed, we were all under the assumption the main event was going to turn into a 6-on-5 match with the addition of Cesaro. But nope! It appears Cesaro will NOT be a part of Team Authority after-all. So, what was the effing point of having Cesaro out there to begin with? Ugh! Idiots!!!

It’s okay, Cesaro. We’re all pissed off too!

· “Bound for Failure” – Alright, I’ll admit. “The Prodigy” is a bit of a biased TNA fan. However, that doesn’t mean they are safe from my deadly venom. TNA and Wrestle-1 co-produced TNA’s “biggest” Pay-Per-View of the year in Tokyo, Japan amidst a Typhoon, a controversial Dixie Carter tweet referencing the impending hurricane and “Cowboy” James Storm and one of the weakest BFG’s in company history! To add insult to injury, major TNA stars like Bobby Roode, Bobby Lashley, Gail Kim, Eric Young and others were nowhere to be seen. The show itself was good, mind you. However, it didn’t deliver on what the show could have been had TNA and Wrestle-1 got all their ducks in a row. Oh yeah, the show was taped, not live.

Was this year’s TNA Bound for Glory a failure? Tweet @DravensFlock and let me know what you think!

· “M.I.A”– The wrestling world has not seen, nor heard from WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar since WWE Night of Champions in September. Rumors ran amuck that Lesnar was having health issues. Others say it was a “WWE” call to set Lesnar out and use him as needed. Some speculated it was a contract issue between Brock and the WWE. Regardless of what the truth is, WWE needs to see Brock Lesnar back sooner than later. I don’t mind if we see him on every episode of RAW or SmackDown. I want to see him back defending the title on Pay-Per-Views as a champion should do! What a concept, right?

MISSING! Have you seen this WWE World Heavyweight Champion? If so, please call our hotline! It’s 1-900-909-9900! Kids please get your parents’ permission before calling!

· “You sure do have a purdy mouth, little lady!” – Finally, I end this segment with a disturbing meme between Erick Rowan (aka, #LambHeadGuy) and Renee Young. Imagine if WWE decided to turn this into a “love story”? LMFAO! If you can remember back when Lillian Garcia had a storyline with the late Viscera/King Mabel, then you may get somewhat of an idea where this could go. Disturbing!

This is what happens when #LambHeadGuy hooks up with Little Bo Peep. Only in the WWE folks!

That’s it for me. I’m checking out of the nuthouse and back into the Asylum… wait, that didn’t sound right? Oh well. We all go a little crazy sometimes. This is “The Prodigy” signing off, telling you to get your pets spayed & neutered, your kids to stay off drugs, and to grow a spine and speak your mind!

Another month has gone by. And soon I’ll be just a manager of the Fatal 4-Way. I’m not leaving once the baby comes, but I may not be writing as often. Kind of depends whether or not I get to watch much wrestling. It’s nice to have The Prodigy (aka Brandon) on our team, to sort of pick up the slack while I’m off trying to be a mom. I honestly have no freaking idea what I’m doing. Lol!! But you live and learn. Babies don’t exactly come with instruction manuals. Although they really should. As of this blog, I have 11 weeks until our Baby Beluga finally comes. Anyways, I should shut it and get to bidness…

I was hearing all this buzz from some of my friends on Facebook about Lucha Underground. A different take on wrestling. The Mexican luchador style mixed with a rougher North American style, set in a dingy dojo. The wrestling is amazing. The rest is pretty cheesy. Some of you may know the names of Vampiro, Matt Strkier (both lead commentary), Chavo Guerrero Jr., Konnan, John Morrison who is now known as Johnny Mundo. All in this new promotion. They go by episodes and it is produced by Mark Burnett who produces Survivor. It isn’t so much done in the direction of WWE or TNA or Ring Of Honour, but more like a television show. That’s the part that gets me. I’m not really sure how I feel about the television show format oppose to arena wrestling format the other promotions are usuing. Even though I seem to have a problem with it, the matches that are put on, are amazing. Quick-moving, flashy, but smooth and near flawless. Sometimes you catch mistakes being made, but who cares, the rest of the matches make you forget what you are seeing.

Rumour has it, former WWE superstar, Alberto Del Rio will be joining the show in the early new year. Which doesn’t exactly surprise me. Four episodes have aired and in the first three I was waiting for him to pop up. Women face men, and men face midgets. There are very few rules in Lucha Underground. Anything can happen at any given time. I like the spontaneity it affords me as a new fan to the show. It’s easy to follow and the stories are simple. If you miss one week, then you don’t miss much at all. Stars to watch, Mil Muertes, Prince Puma, Blue Demon Jr., Fenix, Drago, and Sexy Star (most unoriginal name ever).

The ring is larger than WWE, and sounds a lot harder with less give. I could do without the cheesy vignette type segments, and Sexy Star is a tough woman wrestler who feminist would shit all over because she wrestles men, and isn’t afraid to get slapped around. The acting is horrible, but it’s a good thing that the in-ring work is stellar. If you want a break from the conventional, check out Lucha Underground. There has been only 4 episodes as of this blog.

Matt Striker still sucks, btw.

Moving on…

Adrian Neville pulling a dick move on NXT a couple of weeks ago in his title defense against Sami Zayn. I freakin’ loved it. Feigning an injury to distract his, friend, then rolled him up for the pin. OMG classic. He still played up the injury afterwards, but it was still a move that you wouldn’t suspect of a babyface like Neville. Great swerve.

Speaking of Sami Zayn, they seem to be slowly intergrating him on the main roster. For two weeks in a row, Zayn faced Tyson Kidd on Main Event, getting some main stream exposure. Maybe that’s why the NXT Championship has not been put around his waist. Also, ever since The Ascension has lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to Lucha Dragons (Kalisto & Sin Cara), I’ve been expecting them to be brought up on the main roster, but no sign of them yet).

NXT keeps amazing me each week. I’m still waiting for NXT Women’s champion, Charlotte to have her penis slip out. I’m sorry, she’s an amazing wrestler, but looks so man-like.

Grumpy Cat? Really? That is all.

Lets talk about the 28th Annual Survivor Series for a few moments. Hardly any matches have been booked. I think they have four matches booked (granted I’m writing this on this past Tuesday so who knows, it could have changed).

Team Authority vs. Team Cena. This one is a toughy. The way it looks now, Team Cena will be going over, however with Rusev on Team Authority it looks like Team Authority will take it. Rusev has yet to be pinned or made to submit. However, without Rusev on Team Authority, it wouldn’t have opened Cena vs. Rusev. I’ve been saying this for months, that it will be John Cena who beats Rusev via pinfall or submission. C’mon, he’s the American hero. Of course it’s always been the plan to go with Cena as being the one who finally beats Rusev. I think the only way that Team Cena can win, without someone pinning Rusev (because I doubt he would get pinned or forced to submit in a team match), is for Rusev and Lana to walk out mid way through the match and be done with Team Authority. A quick rundown;

The way the rumours are swirling, Nikki Bella is set to defeat AJ Lee for the Diva’s championship. Especially after Stephanie McMahon was recently asked in an interview about how none of the Total Diva’s cast will ever be allowed to be on the show and carry the championship. She answered that simply wasn’t true. With the rumour that AJ was planning on leaving the company after Survivor Series, instead of putting the title on a non-Total Diva (because really, there isn’t many who aren’t on the show now), putting the title on John Cena’s girlfriend is most likely going to take place this Sunday.

Nobody cares about the WWE Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way match. For me to care, is for them to do something amazing, like call up The Ascension to interrupt the match and lay out every single team. I won’t be holding my breath.

Lastly, the psychological games between Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose will only just be starting. Mind games aside, both guys are killer on the microphone, and both are solid in the ring. Wyatt maybe the creepiest in the ring compared to Ambrose, but never take away the rash in-ring style of the Lunatic Fringe. He brings a quick, sloppy-yet-neat approach to his work inside the squared circle. A style that helps improve his image as being a bit off the cuff, one that will compliment, and pardon my pun, the off the rocker stylings of Wyatt. This match was likely more anticipated then the Team Cena vs. Team Authority match, until the stipulation was added by Mr. McMahon. For me, I’d rather see Wyatt vs. Ambrose.

If it wasn’t for Dean Ambrose, I’m not sure if I would still be a wrestling fan right now. I’m so frustrated with the product. I feel like when the baby comes, I probably won’t miss wrestling as much. I can’t help but wonder what Ambrose will do next? What actions will make him fly off the handle? What facial expressions will make him look the most looney? etc.. He’s just interesting.

I can’t figure out Erick Rowan joining Team Cena. Then again, I’m probably not the only one who can’t figure that one out. Yeah I know that should have been further up in my blog, but the thought just popped into my head.

I watched the 2014 TNA Knockouts Knockdown with eight TNA Knockouts, and eight Independent female wrestlers. I’ve always regarded the TNA Knockouts to be far superior than the WWE Diva’s (of this current roster), however not in the one pay-per-view they get a year. I’m not sure if they toned it down so that the newer girls could keep up or not, but either way, the wrestling was disappointing. In round one, it pinned one TNA established knockout vs. an aspiring knockout, and the winner would move on to the Gauntlet Battle Royal.

Round 1: -Veda Scott vs. Gail Kim; I had planned to give a rundown of the matches but they kinda all looked the same to me. Gail Kim goes over.

– Scarlett vs. Angelina Love; Angelina goes over with help from Velvet Sky.

– Marti Belle vs. ODB; Strike that last one, this was the worst match. Watching an afro defeat the gross and has to be smelling of bad punani ODB, was well there was no good way to end this match. But at least I don’t have to look at ODB later. Or so I thought. Turns out she would strip and beat Rockstar Spud. Yeah that was pretty bad too.

Then round 2 was the Gauntlet Battle Royal match. Starting off for the first two minutes is Gail Kim vs. Brooke. Then Mia Yim, Reby, Angelina Love, Madison Rayne, Marti Belle, & Taryn Terrell would join every two minutes. To be eliminated, each participant had to go over the ropes and both feet hitting the floor. When it comes to the final two participants, a referee would be added and it would become a one-on-one match for the Queen of The Knockouts crown. It would come down to Angelina Love vs. Madison Rayne. With the predictable out come of Velvet accidentally spraying Angelina in the face with the hair spray, like Love did to Sky earlier. Madison Rayne is the 2014 Queen of the Knockouts.

I’m not sure I have much else to say as of right now. Wrestling has just been disappointing as of late. I’m still enjoying NXT and I’m getting used to Lucha Underground. Try as I might, TNA just doesn’t interest me. WWE has been one slow and disappointing show after another. This whole “New Day” shit with Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods looks really stupid. They would have been better off going with another Nation of Domination then with a baptist Right to Censor-type gimmick. Then again, we have yet to see what this “New Day” shit is about. Will Slick come back as a manager? Is Slick still alive?? Actually he is. Lol! With all this said and done, I will see you next month for probably one of the most difficult Best & Worst list I could possibly do. To find anything good in 2014, will be extremely difficult. To just limit myself to the Worst will be difficult as well. So much shit to chose from.Because, In Life…There Are Winners, and There Are Losers….Be Jealous and Be Sexy!